Amputations

Name: Amputations at Unicast Company
Start: 7/10/2017

1 amputation · 2017076346 · 7/10/2017 · Unicast Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Casting machinery

Employer

Name: Unicast Company
Location: 241 N. Washington Street, BOYERTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 19512
NAICS: 331511
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was checking to see if the proximity switch in a mold handling machine was blocked when the machine moved and caught the employee's middle fingertip between a bracket and a mold cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown